Marking the grave and writing on it

Imran bin Hudayr said: Muhammad disliked putting a marker on a grave.

Ibrahim said: They used to dislike that a man's grave be marked.

It is narrated from al-Muttalib bin Abdullah bin Hantab that when Sayyiduna Uthman bin Maz'un (may Allah be pleased with him) died, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) buried him in Jannat al-Baqi', and then said to a man: "Go to that rock and bring a stone, so that I may set it up on his grave as a marker, by which we will recognise it (later)."

Aflah said: Al-Qasim left the instruction: O my son! Do not write on my grave, and do not raise my grave high, except as much as keeps the water away from it (so that it does not hold water).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade building over the grave.

Sulayman bin Musa narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him): And (he forbade) that anything be written on it.

Mubarak said that al-Hasan used to dislike placing a tablet (a plaque) on the grave.

Mughirah said that Ibrahim used to dislike making a mosque over the grave.